MANSFIELD - Dr. Milton Folson is now principal of grades seven to 12 within the Mansfield City School District.

He was hired Thursday by a unanimous vote of school board members at a rate of $95,680 per year.

The board also hired Scott Musser as the high school's career technical director at a rate of $89,180 per year.

Folson is the first person so fill the campus principal position, which was created in June. He spent last year as the principal of Thomas Worthington High School in Worthington. The two years previous, he was the principal of Mt. Healthy High School in Cincinnati.

"A lot of the challenges we have in Mansfield, we had at Mt. Healthy," Folson said.

Folson will have five assistant principals — the goal is to have one person in charge of each of the six grades. He said it will take a little while to get all of the students, teachers and staff used to the idea of having the administrators in charge of all six grades, and not just the high school grades.

"I'm actually meeting with my principals tomorrow to talk about some of these procedures and expectations," Folson said Thursday.

The new principal said he's already been busy getting ready for the school year.

"A lot of this work, you're supposed to do in May," Folson said. "You put a plan together, then you sit on it over the summer. We weren't able to do that this year."

He said he's eager to meet all of the students later this summer. He wants to make this a good learning year for all of them.

"You have to take the no excuses approach," Folson said. "We have the resources to make these students successful."

Musser was briefly in charge of the high school over the winter after former principal Jose Hernandez and former assistant principal Fuzzie Davis were placed on paid leave — neither works for the school system anymore.